Last Christmas I decided to spend in Oravská Lesná, Slovakia. And I don’t regret. On Dec. 27th, 2013, I tried to observe comet C/2013 R1 Lovejoy. But the sky was still wierdly bright and kind of green. So I changed lenses to find out and suddenly this: maybe the most intensive airglow I have ever…
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As usually, during christmas vacation I had to visit my the most favorite place in my life – cottage in Ustupky, Czech republic. It’s kind of unusual, but just one day before Christmas (23rd December 2013) we have no snow here. But is the winter without snow so big problem? Of course not – if…
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UPDATED VERSION to 7 April 2020: The current situation made me resurrect some old data and surprised how far the progress of processing techniques are. So proudly I can introduce you one of my best photographic moment from Uganda, back in November 2013, when bright Venus (now visible as evening star) positioned almost against the…
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Milky way in National park El Teide, Tenerife, Canary islands. The far peak is Pico de Teide, highest volcano of Spain, erupted last time around 150 000 years ago. The stone monument left is “tooth” stone called Roque Cinchado. Even the volcano is sleeping now, it’s not dead. One day this “troubled” volcano will change…
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When you stay on some place with absolutely clear skies and also clear air, you can see something like that. It still not dark night, the western horizon is bright by the leaving twilight. But there in National park El Teide, Tenerife, you would be witnessed by central Milky way anyway. The bright point is…
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Milky way, galaxies, open clusters, California nebula, Gegenschein and two colors of airglow. Far source of light pollution is Tenerife with peak Pico de Teide. Canon 6D, Sigma 15 mm/f2.8@f3.5, ISO 10000, 53×15 s; 29th September 2013, Roque de Los Muchachos, La Palma, Canary islands.
If you get lucky, you can be witnessed by somethin amazing. Like me on the summit of Roque de Los Muchachos, La Palma (Canary islands) on 29th September 2013. We had amazingly clear skies, so I could capture this breath taking view. You can see colors of leaving twilight on horizon, dark sky with structures…
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